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GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training
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Federal agents are using face recognition software without training, policies, or oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The government watchdog issued yet another report this month about the dangerously inadequate and nonexistent rules for how federal agencies use face recognition, underlining what we’ve already known: the government cannot be trusted with this flawed and dangerous technology.
The GAO review covered seven agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ), which together account for …
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